shirtless driver wrote:
Whatever show Rozner is subbing on is probably the best sports info show.
I haven't listened to B&B all year, and like I've said before, you'd have to pay me
to listen to MAC AND SPEEEEEEEEGZZZZZZZZZZ (Nutsack and Queebs). HAven't listened to Mully and Hanley in YEARS.
I have absolutely no thoughts on ESPN1000.
Had the misfortune of catching SIR Shake That on TV over at in in-laws in Illinois over Xmas and he's as insufferable on TV
as he is on the radio.
Is Jim Rome making the switch to CBS/WSCR? Tape delay? RPB, anyone?
Yes and no to Jim Rome. His "Jungle" is relocating from Premiere Radio Networks, a unit of radio giant Clear Channel, to the new CBS Sports Radio Network starting one week from today from 11A-2P (CT). As things stand now, Rome's Los Angeles-based sports talk radio show will NOT be heard in Chicago, but Rome will contribute "CBS Sports Minutes", heard locally on 670 The SCORE. That's the plan at the start anyway.
There was a story about 2 weeks or so ago by Larz at ChicagolandRadioandMedia.com about a rumored plan regarding Cumulus Media, a partner in the new CBS Sports Radio Network and owners of 89 WLS-AM & 94.7 WLS-FM locally, buying BOTH 97.9 The LOOP & I101 from Merlin Media. While it's unclear what Cumulus would do with WLUP, ChicagolandRadioandMedia.com reported that Cumulus bosses would convert the struggling WIQI into a full-time CBS Sports Radio Network outlet locally. However, Merlin Media bosses denied the CRM report and claim their Chicago stations are NOT for sale. Right now, classic rock continues on The LOOP while adult contemporary music continues on I101.
Also, CBS Radio Chicago bossman Rod Zimmerman has denied rumblings of a rumored format switch for struggling 104.3 K-Hits from classic hits to a rumored simulcast of sports talk via The SCORE. Zimmerman, who is also the V.P. & General Manager of all-news 780 WBBM-AM/105.9 WCFS-FM, also took issue with an online report suggesting CBS Radio bosses in New York might ultimately pull the plug on the classic hits station.
K-Hits hasn't exactly taken off in the ratings since replacing the jockless "JACK FM" earlier this year and Program Director Todd Cavanah recently denied reports that the dismissal of morning guys Eddie Volkman & Joe Bohannon at K-Hits had anything to do with such plans. As it stands now, K-Hits is jockless in morning drive, and it's unclear who will replace Eddie & Jobo at WJMK-FM.